Mixing Peter Turchin's Cliodynamics with Rob Henderson's Luxury Beliefs
Conceptualizing class stratification
1. Is this cycle similar to the MacLeod life cycle of the firm? How could the Elite be bloated on top when it is the Gentry middle that becomes overproduced? https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/
2. If not, Is "Elite Overproduction" really Gentry self-delusion? Or is the three-layer system not applicable to the theory of Peter Turchin overall? https://danco.substack.com/p/michael-dwight-and-andy-the-three
3. Is this principle universal across stratified cultures and organizations? https://americanmanifestobook.blogspot.com/2020/04/three-layers-in-brief.html
4. Can this explain the increased proportions of minorities in critical times of any social movements? (citation of Graeber in https://philosophybear.substack.com/p/movements-are-always-a-distorted)
Conceptualizing mental health
1. It is possible that CBT can't cure this problem, and that social support should come first https://hoarse.substack.com/p/cbt-is-dumb
2. Falsely manufactured communities are no different from cults (see Circling) https://graymirror.substack.com/p/circling-and-nerd-society https://graymirror.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-circling-fashion-and
Conceptualizing class stratification
1. Is this cycle similar to the MacLeod life cycle of the firm? How could the Elite be bloated on top when it is the Gentry middle that becomes overproduced? https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/
2. If not, Is "Elite Overproduction" really Gentry self-delusion? Or is the three-layer system not applicable to the theory of Peter Turchin overall? https://danco.substack.com/p/michael-dwight-and-andy-the-three
3. Is this principle universal across stratified cultures and organizations? https://americanmanifestobook.blogspot.com/2020/04/three-layers-in-brief.html
4. Can this explain the increased proportions of minorities in critical times of any social movements? (citation of Graeber in https://philosophybear.substack.com/p/movements-are-always-a-distorted)
Conceptualizing mental health
1. It is possible that CBT can't cure this problem, and that social support should come first https://hoarse.substack.com/p/cbt-is-dumb
2. Falsely manufactured communities are no different from cults (see Circling) https://graymirror.substack.com/p/circling-and-nerd-society https://graymirror.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-circling-fashion-and